CONTACTS 
0201 - Defense Contract Management Agency
020101 - Mr. Stuart Harrow
020102 - Manufacturing & Production Field Service Representative
020104 - Contract Operations Field Support Mid-Atlantic
020105 - OCFC

SUBJECTS
DCMA SDS Endorsed for Supporting KM
DOD DCMA National Security Procurement Recommended for SDS to Support I  elligence
SDS New Way Working Needs Intellectual Bridges
DCMA SDS Used for Contract Management Based on Aerospace company Report  nd Com
Common Administration Needed by DCMA and Aerospace company Based on Com  etrics
Rumsfeld's Call New Realities Require New Methods Review Scope of Ser
New Realities Require New Methods Proactive Management Intelligence R
Specify Com Metrics in Contracts Rather than DCMA Directly Hire Com M
New Realities Require Transformation New Methods Proactive Management
Harrow, Stuart Reviewing Case Study on Aerospace company ISS Software P  ject
FAR Case Study Improve DOD Management Aerospace company ISS Software Pr  ect Dev
Overwhelming Tendency Bad Management Ignore FAR Requirements to Align
FAR Legal Exposure ISS Software Project being Performed by Aerospace co  any
Obfuscates Large System Hides ISO 9000 that Passes Audit with Careful
Harrow, Stuart DCMA Reviewing Case Study for Lessons Learned to Use S

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4918 - Summary/Objective
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491901 - Follow up ref SDS 31 0000 ref SDS 28 0000.
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491903 - Stuart has not had time to review Com Metrics scope of services as
491904 - planned on 020415. ref SDS 31 5Q4L
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491906 - Review would help DOD understand the opportunity to save time and
491907 - money by adding requirements for Com Metrics, as shown in the scope of
491908 - services describing "intelligence" support published by USACE,
491909 - ref DRP 3 6172, per our telecon on 020213, ref SDS 25 0001, and
491910 - confirmed in the letter. ref DIP 3 0001
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491912 -     [On 020604 Stuart has begun review of SDS analysis on FAR,
491913 -     ref SDS 35 CX9L, but has not had time to examine scope of services
491914 -     for Com Metrics. ref SDS 35 LW4H
491915 - ..
491916 - Stuart noted again today that DOD staff like to work with
491917 - Microsoft technology because it provides a common base of skills for
491918 - everyone to use, following up his comments on 020415. ref SDS 31 YT75
491919 - ..
491920 - Stuart advised that DCMA and the FSR role are responsible to
491921 - implement FAR requirements, and so performance is independent of tools
491922 - people like.
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491924 - Today, we reviewed briefly the record on 020504 showing difficulties
491925 - contracting officers and DCMA have implementing FAR requirements for
491926 - good management using traditional methods and tools that everybody
491927 - likes. ref SDS 32 0001  The same problem was reported on 011003 and so
491928 - better methods and tools are needed, ref SDS 10 EC5N, as called out in
491929 - Com Metrics scope of services, which is pending review by Stuart.
491930 - ..
491931 - The case study on the ISS Software project provides lessons
491932 - learned for improving FAR and DOD management, as called out by
491933 - Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld on 020131. ref SDS 22 QF4H and
491934 - ref SDS 22 QE4H
491935 -
491936 -       FAR requirements for aligning work
491937 -       with specifications hard to implement
491938 -       using methods and technology people
491939 -       like to use.......................... 020315, ref SDS 29 QH3V
491940 -       ..
491941 -       SDS enables intelligence that
491942 -       improves implementation of FAR....... 020315, ref SDS 29 UN7K
491943 -
491944 -       Legal exposure failed performance.... 020522, ref SDS 33 RJ4K
491945 -
491946 -       Huge gaps between requirements and
491947 -       contract performance................. 020522, ref SDS 33 T29G
491948 -       ..
491949 -       FAR requirements ignored, change in
491950 -       attitude needed to implement good
491951 -       management required by FAR........... 020522, ref SDS 33 UB4M
491952 -
491953 -       Bigger problems discovered on ISS
491954 -       Software project..................... 020525, ref SDS 34 T29G
491955 - ..
491956 - Stuart will review the case study on ISS Software project and
491957 - advise on best way to help DOD consider SDS for Com Metrics scope of
491958 - services to shore up DOD contract management, as discussed on 020415,
491959 - ref SDS 31 0493, by improving FAR as proposed on 020504. ref SDS 32
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